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This is a commonly asked question and yet sometimes poorly answered, so here's the long and the short. Google AdWords Google AdWords allows you to create advertisements which appear in…

From time to time you might receive the following error when trying to install something: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock To fix this you can run the following command: sudo…

Opening large log files with the default text editor or nano very quickly becomes a resource hogging nightmare. To solve this install Vim: sudo apt-get install vim Open the file…

Even though OverGrive is a closed-source paid application, you'll want to give it a look. At $5 per Google account, you can access all the features available on the application.But…

Synfig is an open-source animation editing software that is free to download. Assuming you require a Debian distribution package, follow these simple steps for installation. To get started, open your…

By default Ubuntu logs cron results to: /var/log/syslog Should you want a dedicated Cron log you can do the following: nano /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf Uncomment the following line: #cron.* /var/log/cron.log Restart rsyslog:…

Scribus is a multi-platform open source desktop publishing application released under the GNU General Public License as a free to download software. Assuming you require a Debian distribution package, follow…

To find the size of a directory including files and folders therein, run the following command in the terminal: du -h /path/to/your/directory/ The -h flag stands for "human" which gives…

Create a MySQL Docker container docker run –name my-container-name -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw -d mysql Login to Docker container bash / terminal docker exec -it mysql bash Create MySQL database in Docker…

By default hidden files are not showing the cPanel File Manager. To enable viewing of hidden files: Click Settings on the top right And tick the checkbox: Show Hidden Files…